School: Lemanaghan, Ballycumber
- Location:
- Lemanaghan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Máire Galvin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0810, Page 176
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- Rain:
1. The south westerly wind brings most rain to this district.
2. When the swallows fly low it is a sign of bad weather.
3. When the cat sits with her back to the fire it is a sign of rain.
4. The dog eats grass.
5. The seagull come in to land.
6. A rainbow in the morning a shepherds warning.Frost
1. The swans fly in the night.
2. The wild-geese fly in the evening
3. The sky becomes very bright
4. The sun does down in red ball.Wind:
1. The cat scrapes the timber
2. The smoke goes up straight and by the direction of the smoke we know what way it is coming.
- Collector
- Seosaimhin Ni Buacalla
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Curraghalassa, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Patrick Buckley
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraghalassa, Co. Offaly
